H I M " ' • f I i ' ) h'k ' * - * * . , < i < . ) fc. . 1H 'M'COOK TRIBUNE ; I B - - - - i BH * • iL KIMMELL , Publisher. HH McCOOK , NEBRASKA BBj * " • - " ' * BS ' NEBKASKA. Hh The curfew law is rigidly enforced S at Tabe ! Rock- HI Omaha and Plattsmoutb are holding Hw crysanthemum shows. HH Burglars visited Nelson and got HjH away with some booty. KH A number of election contests are HjHj pending in Platte county. HjH Tobias has arranged for a lecture HS course for fall and winter. HI An Omaha man is figuring on put- Hli ting in a creamery at Ashland. Bj8 Henry Monroe of Lyons paid a fine Hi of $25 for selling liquor to minors. Bnl Two incendiary fires were started Hffl at Sutton , but timely discovery pre- HjHI vented damage. H < 1 The sheriff-elect of Thayer county M Bti lias been hound over to answer to a HtIh ! case of bastardy. Hlra The town of Piclterell , in Gage n ! I county , suffered from a series of bur- H , I .glaries last week. Hl | A Webster county farmer had fifteen Kj I acres of onions which averaged 400 Hjj 1 bushels to the acre. H ] I The state treasurer has made a call Hi ! | l for $27,000 general fund warrents to H'l 11 come in November 27. tl | | A set of swindlers is working Ne ll II lraska , establishing agents for the h , II sale'of mills for grinding feel. J If The Christian scientists of Norfolk I | | have rented a room and will hold 1 U "weekly services of song and praise. [ I c ! A farmers' creamery with a capital r. | | j stock of $4,000 has been set in opera- II1 } tion at Newman Grove , Madison | | | ' county. | | 1 The safe of the Hay Springs Mill- | | 'i ing company was cracked recently I | Ii and about $100 in cash abstracted HI j therefrom. | | [ ' The state normal at Peru has now | | near 000 students enrolled , the largest - | * est attendance known in the history I . of the institution. I j The business men of Stromsburg $ | . "iave taken hold of the creamery ques- A j tion and propose to raise money to | | i { ( build one at that place. m I j A thirteen-year-old son of J. B. fi 11 Carlstrom , living twenty miles north | | | -of Kimball , was killed by a horse iff I ticking him in the stomach. my The 240 acre farm in Burt county , { M -a part of the estate of the late Sarah ! § | Knox , was sold last week to a man ML in Council Bluffs for ? 40 an acre. | § p | Furnas county farmers raise con- | $ I siderable broom corn and are now re- H | | ceiving good prices for It. The crop f | H Is selling at from $40 to $70 per ton. HI Tlie village of Sterling has settled 1 | | its differences with an eastern fire 'Mengine company , and the company has | | J returned the village its warrant for II The 8-year-old daughter of Gott- _ if i fried Furchert , living seven miles 11 north of West Point , was fatally H , fcurned while her parents were in the | | I field husking corn. I | * A representative of the Kansas City M | and Omaha Railroad company was at IP | Clay Center and staked out the site § | on the right of way for a new grain i III -elevator. Two elevators are already | | | in operation there. | | 1 Kearney has become quite a feed- III ing point. There are now three feed | | il yards there , and there will probably I H | be from 70,000 to 100,000 head of glj sheep and several thousand head of HI cattle fed before spring. M | Arrangements have been perfected fa I toy which the King Press Drill com- jffilj pany , which has been in operation at HI Wymore , for some time past , wil ? Bjl move their plant to Nebraska City anl B | locate permanently. | Ji | Joseph Bush and James Lovejojr , Hi "ihe parties found guilty of breaking Hi into and robbing the Bank of Ohiowa HI on the night of the 2Sth of May last , Oj | "were sentenced to seven years at hard jK | labor in the state penitentiary. HI Claude Wilson , a youth of about 20 , K | "was brought before Judge Porter * at H < Red Cloud on complaint of William Hi Holmes , charged with disturbing the HI meetings of a Christian Endeavor so- H | -ciety. He was fined $20 and costs. HI Complaint was filed against Joseph R | Maycock of Gering the other day for * HI conducting a slaughter house in the mm "heart of the city. Mr. Maycock acted Bf as his own attorney , however , and HI knocked the case out of the box in HI one round. Hi Burglars broke into the back door HH1 of Garvey & Car mack's saloon and BBHl plundred the safe of $100 in cash and IflHS papers valued at over $1,000. The IBIS valuable papers and money drawer I HI "were found in an outhouse adjoining I Bl the saloon. I Bi The city of York is defending a $10 , - KlO00 damage suit in the district court. HK1 Tne Plaintiff is the daughter of G. W. BI Munson , who it is alleged , was severe- H B ly injured in October , 1S90 , by a de- H fective street crossing , from which the little girl became a cripple. HHI Mrs. E. F. Lotta , who conducted a H H drug store at Unadilla , was tried in B the county court upon the charge of H M unlawful * sale of liquor and acquitted. HH | Suit for damages has been commenc- K Hj ed by Mrs. Lotta against those who H H lave been active in prosecuting her. H H The cash receipts of the Shelton sta- BH tion on the Union Pacific , during the HHI month of October were $28,000. This , HBl of course , is unusually large , and was BI due to the fact that 200,000 sheep H 'were unloaded there during the H B month , to be fed during this month Hj and billed out in the spring. Hj Not an idle man in town today , says HH | the Superior Journal , unless idle from Hj choice. Three farmers were in town H between 7 and 8 o 'clock inquiring for H hands. Among them they wanted six H hands , and could find but one. Hj The number of cattle and sheep fed H in this vicinity , says a Fremont disH - H patch , exceeds ' that of any previous H season. It is estimated that over 80 , - H O00 sheep will be fattended on Dodge H county corn and hay this winter. The HI number of cattle being fed is difficult H to estimate , but from the cattle feed- H | ing mortgages filed it is probably 20 | B per cent over the number fed last B j ear. _ THE JSEWS IiN BlUEi1 . ITEMSOFINTEHEST GATHERED HEPE AND THERE. CofHlcnsntlnnn tJi.it Embody a Good Dpal of Itiformation Without IJequlrlr.K niach Sj > : ice Foreign ami Domestic > Toivay > otos on All Subjects. Mondnr , Xnv. 33. Snow is now fully three feet deep in the Klondike region. t Lieut. Alfred B. Jackson , command ant of the Nebraska university battal ion , died on the 20th. Congressman Dolliver , of Iowa , call ed on the president and talked over appointments of that state. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold their convention next year at Los Angeles or Portland. Cuban and financial questions will be the leading questions with which the president's message will deal. The government is actively engaged in the preparation of its case against the Central Pacific Railway company. The governor is soon to appoint a coraission to look after the state's in terest at the Trans-Mississippi exposi- tion. tion.Peter Peter Jackson , the pugilist , is likely ; to secure a match with Joe Choynski , if the latter defeats Jeffries at San j \ Francisco. I For the brutal murder of his para- mour , Vinie Bell , George Weston , alias "Devil" Winston , colored , was hanged at Paducah , Ky. Several cargoes of American cereals which recently arrived at Beunos Ayres , could not be sold and will be taken to Europe. At Cayuga , N. Y. , Mrs. Adele Sterne- man was found guilty of the murder of her husband and sentenced to be hang ed January 20 , 1898. The president has just come out of the hands of a portrait painter , and now becomes the subject of a sculptor. Mr. Fred Leimer , an artist of Wash ington , is to make a bust in bronze of President McKinley. Duke Croxon , the first , of the nine men who followed Mr. and Mrs. Glea- son , bride and groom , out of Newport , Ky. , taking the woman from her hus band at the point of a revolver and brutally outraging her , was found guilty and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. Tuesday , Nov. 33. Latest from Gladstone reports him In good health. Another case of yellow fever has developed at Pensacola. A fast mail service has been in augurated on the Santa Fe. % The New York Herald has dicon- tinued the evening edition. A fire in Melbourne , Australia , de stroyed $5,000,000 worth of property. The new federal building at Omaha is expected to be ready for business by January 1 , 1898. The story of that Kansas town hav ing been swallowed up was a fake pure and simple. The relief ship sent out to find Prof. Andree returned without any tidings concerning him. The monetary commission has taken a recess until December 15 , when it will reassemble to revise and sign its report. The Norwegian bark Imperator ar rived at San Francisco from Asapulco with three cases of yellow fever among the crew. Georgia's ironclad anti-cigarette law is enforced by the courts. Seven tobacconists were fined for selling cigarettes to minors. At Greenfield , Mass. , John O'Neill , Jr. , the murdered of Mrs. Hattie E. McCloud , was sentenced to be hanged on January 7 , 1898. The State , newspaper at Richmond , Va. , went into the hands of a receiver , who has decided to suspend its publi cation for the time being. The will of the late Henry George leaves his entire estate , consisting of the home at Fort Hamilton , worth about $8,000 and the copyright of his books , to his widow. Out of 400 tests of sugar beets made at the South Dakota experiment sta tion at Brookings , many give over 20 per cent sugar. Some farms give as . ' high as 22 and 23.5 per cent. Despite the fact that stock cattle i are higher than they have been for years , ranchmen on the ceded lands west of the Missouri river are putting every dollar they can raise into calves and yearlings. Horace Voz , of Westerly , R. I. , who has annually sent a turkey to the president's table since the days of Senator H. B. Anthony , of Rhode Is land , has selected a bird this year that will weigh twenty-seven pounds. Wednesday , Nov. 34. Cashier Walker , of the government of Chile , has disappeared with 500,000 pesos. H. Wiswall , a Boston capitalist , died at Atlanta , from injuries sustained a week ago in a fall. Judge Cecil Scott , for many years one of the most conspicuous members of the St. Louis bar , is dead. Dr. Julius A. Skilton is dead at his home in Brooklyn , aged 64 years. He performed * distinguished service as a surgeon during the war. Senator Burrows of Michigan ex presses the opinion that there will be a protracted discussion of the cur rency question in the approaching ses sion of congress. Dick O'Brien , the Boston middle weight , has signed articles with Dick Burge to box twenty rounds for 1,550 ( $7,750) in London on December 21 next. The Rev. Dr. Luke Dorland of Hot Springs , N. C , founder of Dorland uni versity , Hot Springs , died at the home of his son , Charles J : Dorland. in Springfield , 111. , aged 83 years. As a result of the fire in Melbourne , Australia , which destroyed an entire block of bildings , the insurance com panies lose 3,650,000 , of which about 500,000 will fall on British companies. Australian companies will lose the re mainder , i _ ( W HHHHHwilMHHMIMBEi6BaaaTiffiiii I n anrmf imiiiMMWW www . . . . . HH1..I.I ii mii iM lliHH.iWu.iim nil UBHWWim . IliirtimfltLgMKgatww , L . s T JJIIIMII,1,7tnrtm , yTTmmn : i ' ' ' A \ hiiroitiiv. Now 3ft. Mi * . Bryan's visit to Mexico is for the purpose of studying the silver question. Governor Tanner of Illinois will probably call an extra session of the legislature. New York reports that prices of green and roasted coffee are now lower than ever before. The steamer Mona , which has sail ed from Sydney , N. S. W. , for San Francisco , took $275,000 in gold. The countess of Latham , England , while returning from a shooting party was thrown out of a trap and killed. Ferry hall , one of the largest build ings of the Washington state agricul ture college , at Pullman , was destroy ed by fire. Governor Jones of Arkansas has of fered $500 for the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of J. M. Clayton , November , 1889. By an explosion in the fireworks factory at Schoenhauser-Allee , Ger many , one man and two girls were killed and seven others injured. Secretary of the Treasury Gage was the guest of honor and made the principal address at the annual din ner of the New York chamber of commerce. , The entire party who has been en gaged in cutting timber on govern ment land on the bottoms east of Calhoun , Neb. , are now under arrest at Omaha. j Chairman W. D. Bynum of the na tional democratic commirtee issue 1 an address to the gold democrats exhorting - | I ing them to greater efforts , finding encouragement in the late election. Jack McCleland of Pittsburg fought Joe Bernstein of New York eight rounds to a draw at Pittsburg before a large audience. The bout was one of the best seen here for a long time. The report that the Arbuckles and the Havemeyers have come to an agreement regarding the price of sugar and coffee was denied at the New York offices of both the com panies concerned. Topeka ( Kansas ) police have ar rested Rev. A. E. Morison , Methodist , of Panhandle , Tex. , and are , holding him on suspicion of murder of his wife until the sheriff can arrive from Panhandle and take him home for trial. . " /i Friday , Nov. 20. James C. Scott was tortured and robbed by tramps near Carthuersville , Mo. He may die. James S. Page has been appointed a watchman-fireman in the public build ing at Des Moines , at $720 per anumn. Frank Kueton , a Chicago Bohemian shoemaker , fatally shot his wife and himself through jealousy. - . Thomas McKean of Philadelphia , has donated $100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania toward the cost of the new law school. R. H. Willets , missing cashier of the closed bank at English , Ind. , has of fered to return and refund providing he is not prosecuted. ( * Canadian Pacific railway earnings for the week ending November 21 were $554,000 ; same period last year , $424,000 ; incre ase , $129,000. According to a dispatch from Buenos Ayres the damage to the crops from frost having been estimated , it is ii3W expected that 1,000,000 tons of wheat will be available for export. The Russian newspapers urge-lhit Russia , France and Great Brita'n should occupy points in China , to counterbalance the German occupation of Kiao-Chou bay , Shan-Tung penin sula. sula.Mrs. Mrs. Margaret Delvin , aged 90 years , died at Lambertville , N. J . supposedly of old age. On the strength of an anonymous letter her body was dis interred , when it was found -she had been shot. George A. Taylor , the convicted cashier of the defunct Argentine , Kan. , bank , has been taken to the state penitentiary to serve his two years' sentence for wrecking the bank. The secretary of state has been in formed that Captain Henry B. Jack son , royal navy , has been appointed naval attache at the British em bassy here in place of Captain Lewis Wintz. The secretary of the interior hgs ap proved clear list No. 11 , containing 8,182.41 acres situated in the Evanston land district of Wyoming , for the use of charitable , educational , penal and reformatory uses. Consul Stephan at Annaberg , Ger many , reports to the state department that he is informed from British sources that the Germans are making progress in their trade with Nicara gua. This is probably on account of the demand of German residents in Nicaragua , who prefer goods made in their old homes. Satnrda'Nov. . 27 By his aunt's will Cawthra Mulock , of Toronto , inherits about $5,000,000. The president , in his message , will , it is expected , devote more attention to Alaska than has been given here tofore. Dr Minor Raymond , one of the founders of the Northwestern univer sity , Evanston , died at Chicago , aged 70 years. Captain Herring of the revenue cut ter Corwin , now at San Diego , Cal , has received instruction to have her ready for sea as soon as possible. " Marshall E. Cook , deputy collector at Evansville , Ind. . is in custody there. His friends will try to refund his shortage and prevent prosecution. A cal has been made to all Ger man-Americans to begin an agitation against the bill to come before con gress for the restriction of immigra tion. Francois Mons , of Paris , i play wright and translator of French plays into English , for production in the United States , has committal < uic5do , with his mistress , by inhaling charcoal fumes. Mons latterly has been in financial straits. Joseph Kohler , who has been hostler in a fourth class hotel in Peoria for thirty years , has been taken to a hos pital. Before he was removed he caused an ash barrel in his room to be searched and several thousand dollars in gold was found therein. -w -i i r in i ii • - in n i mwiimiiwiiwBU lllinHMHan > aaaapalaaiiKMaal I" , OT _ . _ . jiim i i i .jjil M tf < jJ & S3 PATE 01 AMERICANS. TWO OF THEM MEET DEATH IN SOUTH AFRICA. Tliclr Bodies Mutilated by the Natives Chopped to I'lcces With Kulvi-s and the Savuees Quarrel Among Themselves for the llemuants. .Met a Horrible Death. WASHINGTON , Nov. 29. The start ling and horrible story of the killing of two Washingtoniaus and the muti lation of their bodies by the natives of the Congo Free State , has just been received hero in a letter to Mr. Leo Harmon , of 1723 Ninth street N. W. The men were members of a party which , during November and Decem ber , 1S94 , and January , 1895 , went from this city to enlist in the Belgian army for service in the Congo Free State. Those enlisted included Edward Thornton , a commissioned officer in the National Fencibles , employed in the war department ; Lindsay G. Burke , Frank Batchellor , Harry R. Andrews , Barry Sparlin and Mr. Mel- lin , who was at one time a noncom missioned officer in the United States army. All except Thornton and Mellin were members of the National guard of the district. The information received by Air. Harmon is that Burke and a party of fifty natives who were sent out to dislodge a band of dwarfs who had re volted , were ambushed and killed. An Arab who was with the command , but was some distance off at the time of the ambuscade , states that he knows Burke was dead before the na tives reached him and that the most hideous looking man he ever saw walked up and cut Burke's head off with one blow of a knife. The chief then began to slice pieces off his legs and arms and distribute them among his followers. There were so many of the fiends that the pieces were very small , and before they had concluded there was a free fight to see who could get the little remaining. In some manner the dwarfs became alarmed and left the place , one fellow carrying off Burke's arm. The Arab saw the cause of their alarm , as Windeey , a New Yorker , who had command of another detach ment of soldiers , sent out on the same errand , arrived right after the natives left. Windeev eathered un the remains of Burke and bpriea them. When Win deey learned the strength of the reb- pls ho hurried back to Michau and no tified the commandant of the post. The other Washingtonian who lost his life was killed on March 1 , when the troops under the command of Baron Dhanis , revolted near Kaban- barre and assassinated a number of officers of their regiment , among them being Mellin. The body of Mellin was butchered almost beyond recognition , his heart having been cut out and burned so that his courage could not be used against th rebels by the whites. It is their belief that unless the heart is burned and the ashes scattered to the four winds the spirit of the man descends to his brethren. Thornton is said to be in a very pre carious situation at Baska , but a re lief expedition has been sent to his rescuo. Gage , another American is very sick with the fever at Nyangine. The killing of Burke occurred in De cember , 1896. Fottisjrpiv to Oppose Annexation. HONOLULU , Nov. 29. Senator Pet- tigrew of South Dakota and ex-Sen ator Dubois of Idaho wil leave for San Francisco today. Both men are practically against annexation. It is a change of front on the part of Du bois. When he was a member of the senate L. A. Thurston , who was then Hawaiian minister at Washington , re marked and repeated frequently that Senator Dubois was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the annexation - I I ation proposal. In a recent speech before an audience of Hawaiians at Hilo , Hawaii , Pettigrew said : "We come to your island for the purpose of ascertaining what the people ple who live in this country thought about the question of annexation of the islands , and also to see what we could learn about the desirability of annexing these islands , if we so de sire. I have supposed that many of your people were in favor of annex ation , because it has been so repre sented , but I have tallied to many and I have failed to find a native Hawaiian who is not opposed to an nexation to the United States and in favor of your own government. I shal tell what I have seen and what I have heard in the senate when the question comes up. I should do that even if I were opposed to what you want done , but I am not opposed to it. " Four native Hawaiians will leave for Washington tonight to work against annexation , Robert Wilcox , who was to be one of the party , has decided not to go. He says he con siders the trip a waste of time. A Sunday Srlinol Army. NEW YORK , Nov. 29. Rev. Dr. James A. Worden , supertindent of the Sunday school department of the Pres byterian church in this country , has begun a movement to celebrate the opening of the twentieth century. His idea is to recruit the Sunday school army of his church so that instead of 1.000,000 members , as at present , it will consist of 1,500,000. He wants this work of enlisting the 500,000 of rein forcements completed by April 1 , 1901. i the beginning of the church year in i the first year of the next century. He has worked out an elaborate plan and i has urged the prosecution of a vigorous - ' ous campaign throughout the union ; : for the next four years. Alsripr Dpnirs the Report. WASHINGTON , D. C , Nov. 29. Secretary Alger said that he had not received any letter from General Miles of the purport stated in the recent dispatch. Port Townsend is one of the frontier sites at which the government is contemplating making some improvements in the way of fortifications , and the secre tary suggests that the presence there of engineers in making surveys may have given the impression that the government was about to locate troops at that place. 1 B TALK OF ALASKA. Gov. llrady SiicceHtn : Conimlmlun to Visit tin' Country. SEATTLE , Wash. , Nov. 29. In an interview Governor John G. Brady of Alaska said : "The business men and officials of Alaska are concerned in effecting some change of amplification of the laws as they arc at present in force. They will combine to submit to con gress a proposition to authorize the appointment of a committee which will consider the needs of Alaska on the ground. My idea is that the commis sion should consist of a senator , a representative , and three bona fide residents of Alaska. If we are able to get a commission something may be accomplished for the good of Alas ka. Otherwise time devoted to Alaska will be frittered away in the consid eration of individual bills of no ben efit to the country as a whole. "Many think Alaska should have a territorial form of government. The objections to this are. manifold , chief among them are the sparse popula tion of the country. A territory means taxation , and the people are not there to be taxed. It would beef of little avail to submit to congress resolutions for a change in the code now in existence. These things must be investigated by a commission which can ascertain the needs of tne people by personal examination. Wo want an extension of the land laws , the regulation of the fish industry , the naturalization of the natives , the right of appeal and laws for the pres ervation of game. "The smuggling evils must be dealt with by the commisson. Last year 21,000 gallons of Canadian whisky were smuggled into Alaska. " Governor Brady thinks that Alaska will be as great an agricultural and farming country some day aa a min ing one. His trip to this city is on private business. He wil not go to Washington to attend the coming ses sion of congress as has been reported. Fond Short at Dawson City. SEATTLE. Wash. , Nov. 20. Twen ty-five men arrived here today on the City of Seattle direct from Dawson City. The party consisted of Thomas Magee , sr. , Thomas Magee. jr , ol San Francisco ; "Swift Water Bill" Gales , Joe Boyle , Williamllustcin , F. Eclcrt , II. Robertson , H. Raymond , Beit Na- son , John W. Brauer , W. II. Cham bers , E. W. Pond , F. Ash , J. Gillish , Thomas Wjlson , P. McGraw , Jack Dalton - ton , AVilliam Leak , Arthur Celine , Jo- speh Fairburn , J. Smith , T. Warren , are not known. They came out over the Dalton trail. They are reported to have between them $20,000 in gold dust. All tell stories of a food stortagc in Dawson that is almost a famine. The last person to leave Dawson was Jack Dalton. When he left the steamers Alice and Bella had reached there loaded light. It is said that the Bella's cargo consisted of whisky and billiard balls. It brought no provisions. The Canadian raounte 1 police chartered the Bella and gave all who wished a free pass to the Yukon. The Bella is re ported to have left October 12 with 200 men. A Frenrli Cenernl Deail. PARIS Nov. 28. General Forgemol do Bostquenard is dead. He was in his 77th year. General' Forgemol de Bostquenard was born at Assembles on September 17 , 1S21. After completing his edu cation at the Ecol de Saint Cyr in 1839 he went into the military serv ice of France in Algeria , where he passed the various grades of promo tion up to the colonelcy , which he reached in 1870. When the Franco-Prussian war broke out he was recalled from Al geria and appointed general of brig ade , being subsequently confirmed September 16 , 1871 , in command of the sub-division of Aisne , with the collateral rank of secretary of the superior council of war. United Mates and Unit' . BERLIN , Nov. 29. The state de partment at Washington has request ed United States Ambassador White to ascertain exactly the intentions of Germany with respect to Herr Leu- ders. whose recent imprisonment in Hayti has caused friction between the Germany and Haytien govern ments. Mr. White has been instructed , if any scheme of annexation exist , or if there is an intention to make an ex cessive demonstration with a view of unduly nunishinc Havti to intimate tn the German government that the i United States could not tolerate either of the courses mentioned , though in principle having no objection to Ger many obtaining satisfaction. Hunters Kill a Desperado. BUFFALO , Nov. 29. A dispatch to the News frcm Mattawa , Ont. , says : Samuel Tongue and William Dow , two prominent citizens of this place went to Lake Teillen a week ago on a hunt ing expedition , and returned home yesterday. They reported that they had shot and killed James McConnell , a notorious desperado , who has ter rorized the settlers of Nippissing dis trict for many years. McConnell at tacked them while they were crossing the lake and in self defense Ton-cue shot him through the stomach. Mc Connell died a few minutes later. Set tlers in the vicinity are rejoicing over his death. f' I. ' li'plf-v Mar Hie WASHINGTON , D. C , Nov. 29. Colonel W. D. Chirpley of Florida , who was operated on for a carbuncle several days ago. is in a very critical condition and it is feared that his illness will terminate fatally. Mrs. Chipley and the colonel's son and daughter have arrived in the city. Th 1'rotest Overruled. WASHING ! OX , Nov. 29. The secretary of the interior today affirmed the decision of the commissioner of the general land office in the case of John Lawrence , jr. , vs. August Gai ner , from the Alliance land district of Nebraska. Gainer's timber culture entry is he'd for dismissal on the ground that his allegations of non compliance with law as to tree plant ing and abandonment , were not prov en. Gruner ' s entry will , therefore , pass to patent. The national republican headquar ters in Washington will remain open. : - . . - . " ' ' ' . i -i-1 r - • * * w mwrtM M „ _ . . - - ' ' " ' * " ' ' " ' " * • | .ii i. • • • MJSiMS S T - - ' * S ! ! j' H m , fH l'OKEIGN NOTKS HV CAMI.K fl The Constantinople correspondent of * H the London Standard learns that the H trade on the subject of the much dla'A cussed plans of Turkey commands the ® minister of marine , Hassen Pasha , to / contract with Herr Krupp to build four H new Ironclads , but givcB no Instruc- * H tlona as to the repairs of the old ves- H sels. He says : "If this be true it is H probable that Germany has induced H Russia to consent. H It is said to he the present In ton- 1 tion of President McKinley to Incorporate - M porate the recent Spanish correspondence - M dence in his annual message to con- M gress. He does not deem It compatible- H with the public interest to publish M the full text of the notes , pending further - M ther correspondence and the carrying H out of the promises made by the H Spanish government. H .Jnsiah L. Pearck , who has "been the H United States consul at Colon. Colom- M bla , for four years , has turned his of- j H ilce over to his successor and sailed. H for New York on the -mshlp AHt- H ance. During his term of service the H dignity of the stars and strips hav H been religiously upheld and he has H distinguished himself by his firmness , H promptness and courtesy. The local H press extols him and all classes of H Americans regret his departure. Ho 1 has set a brilliant example to other • ' H foreign representatives. H tt'rlto for the 244 PAGE ILLUSTRATED H CATAL OGUE iscnt free ) ot tlxj j. H L.ov. < tl Priced Housr in Antrim for finf H JEWELRY , WATCM1-S , SILVERWARES. H Also for 25 cents they will send you a * - H SOMD SILVER L.iii.-s' HAT l lNr , MH of hcautiftil design , if th- > money Is sunt > . H with lh < ? ropiest for I'atalocue. f M AlERAUU ) & JACCARD JEWELRY CO. . H JJroadway. Cor. Locust , ST. LOUIS , MO. H T-iUa Patent Olllcn Report. ' ' H At the close of business on the 9th J H of November eleven thousand one nun- M ( Ired and fifty-one ( lllf l ) applications H for patent tn the United States patent j H office were awaiting action. Some of M the examiners were in arrears under H one month , some between one and two ' J A months , some between two and three H months , some between three and four M months , some between four and five j H months and some between five and M six months. Inventors should therefore - H fore be patient with their attorneys H when reports on the merits of their H inventions are not forwarded to them M as early as cxprcted. fl A patent has b en allowed to E. M Edwards , of Webster City , Iowa , for an H egg-separator and candlor "that can be H placed in a store and eggs packed H with oats , chaff ete. , in baskets emptied - H tied into the separator and retained H upon a wire screen and the packing H material dropped into receptacle and H the eggs made transparent by means j B of a lighted lamp under the.eggs and M a cover over them as required to see- M whether the eggs are good or not. M Valuable information about obtaining , valuing and selling patents sent free I to any address. I Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig. 1 Solicitors of patents. m Des Moines , Iowa. Nov. 24. ' 97. m A Simple Invention. jH A Council Bluffs inventor last week obtained a patent through Sues & Co. , H Omaha Patent Solicitors , for one of H the simplest inventions that has ever H been issued out of the patent office H and the inventor is working day and | night in order to fill orders. The inventions - H ventions comprises a sounding toy and | H is nothing more or less than a simple 'ifl piece of round sheet metal which is - " stamped with a series of rings and H provided with a border , but which if H placed in the palm of the hand and I vibrated emits a lound sound similar to a telegraph sounder , the invention H being known as the cracket jack tele- fl graph. The inventor last week was 2,000 gross behind in orders. Free H samples of this invention may be had H by addressing Sues & Co. , Bee build- H ing , Omaha , Neb. We show above H tilrPO rnnvPlfhtoH PITtc r > f invAntinntf 1 which brought their originators fame H if not fortune. M LIVE STOCK ASD I'KODUCE MARKETS | | Quotations From Kew York , Chicago , St. H LouIh , Omaha and Elsewhere. , | OMAHA. 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